ARRESTS YET, BUT THE CAR'S OW ARRESTS YET, BUT THE CAR'S OWNER IS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. THIS TIME TOMORROW, THE JURORS IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A BREVARD COUNTY DEPUTY COULD HAVE THE CASE. BRANDON BRADLY ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING DEPUTY BARBARA PILL DURING A TRAFFIC STOP TWO YEARS AGO. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING. LOCAL 6 HAS BEEN IN THE COURT ROOM ALL DAY LONG, AND JUSTIN, EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW WAS BRADLEY GOING TO TESTIFY. DID THAT HAPPEN TODAY? 2 DID 2 DID NOT, MATT. THAT IS THE FIRST THING THE JUDGE ASKED HIM THIS MORNING, BUT HE SAID AFTER TALK WITH HIS PUBLIC DEFENDERS, IT WAS IN HIS BEST INTEREST NOT TO DO SO. AND IS IT YOUR DECISION AND SOLELY YOUR DECISION NOT TO TESTIFY IN THIS CASE? YES, MA'AM. Reporter: THAT IS HOW DAY 8 OF BRANDON BADLY'S FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL STARTED. UNCLEAR IF THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS GOING TO TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND KILLING DEPUTY BARBARA PILL DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN MARCH OF 2012. HE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED AT THE TIME HE REPORTEDLY WAIVED HIS RIGHTS. Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CALLED THE LAST WIT CONTINUES THIS MORNING, DR. JAQUELINE. TESTIFIED THAT BRADLEY WAS STILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SEVERAL DRUGS WHEN HE WAIVED HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS BEFORE THIS INTERROGATION CONDUCTED EIGHT HOURS AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE SHOT DEPUTY PILL, SOMETHING THE DEFENSE HAS TRIED TO PUT IN THE MINDS OF JURORS SINCE BEGIN CALLING WITNESSES LAST WEEK. DESCRIBE BRADLEY AS SOMEONE WHO IS EASILY MANIPULATE AND OFTEN PARANOID BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION. PROSECUTORS CALLED TWO REBUTTAL WITNESSES WHO TRIED TO DISCREDIT DEFENSE'S EXPERT. NO WAY OF KNOWING IF BRADLEY WAS HIGH WHEN HE CONFESSED HE WAS THE ONE THAT SHOT DEPUTY PILL. HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BEFORE. HE HAS BEEN IN AN INTERROGATION SITUATION BEFORE. I -- I JUST TOOK ALL OF THAT TO MEAN THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WAS WAIVING THEM WILLINGLY. Reporter: NOW COURT IS STILL IN SESSION. THE LAST THING A JUDGE WAS GOING OVER WAS JURY -- JURY INSTRUCTIONS. WE ARE EXPECTED TO HEAR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TOMORROW AND THEN THE FATE OF BRANDON BRADLEY IS IN

VIERA, Fla. -

Closing arguments are set to begin Tuesday in the murder trial of Brandon Bradley, who's accused of murder in the slaying of Brevard County sheriff's Deputy Barbara Pill.

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Rebuttal witnesses were called to testify on behalf of the state Monday afternoon. Closing arguments are set to begin on Tuesday morning.

On Friday, the jury was dismissed around 11 a.m. after the defense interviewed a toxicologist.

The toxicologist, Dr. Susan Skolly, said marijuana can influence risk-taking behavior, prompting an objection from the state and a sidebar conference with the judge. The defense previously discussed Bradley's drugged state at the time of the shooting, which occurred during a traffic stop in March 2012.

Skolly later said she twice interviewed Bradley and watched video of his interview with police investigators. She said Bradley started smoking pot at the age of 12 and believes he's addicted to the drug. Skolly added that she believes Bradley was smoking about 10 blunts per day and taking Xanax leading up to the shooting.

It's possible closing arguments could begin as early as Tuesday.

Last Thursday, the state closed its case in chief against Bradley with evidence of his finger on the trigger of the murder weapon. Their last witness was an FDLE analyst who said she found DNA that matched Bradley's on the grips and trigger of the alleged murder weapon, a .40-caliber Glock 27.

Earlier in the day, the state called a woman to testify who said she saw Brandon Bradley with the gun in the months before the shooting.

Amanda Ozburn confirmed that in the past that she heard Bradley say: "If I ever get pulled over they're going to have to hold court in the streets because I'm going out like a soldier."

But Ozburn said she couldn't recall hearing that remark. She said she did cocaine the morning she gave that statement. She said her statement wasn't credible.

After the state rested, the defense made a motion for acquittal on two of Bradley's four charges. They argued the two witnesses who testified that the shooting was premeditated aren't reliable. The judge denied the motion.

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